AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Starts a new task from the specified task definition on the specified container instance or instances.

On March 21, 2024, a change was made to resolve the task definition revision before authorization. When a task definition revision is not specified, authorization will occur using the latest revision of a task definition.

Amazon Elastic Inference (EI) is no longer available to customers.

Alternatively, you can useRunTask to place tasks for you. For more information, see Scheduling Tasks in the Amazon Elastic Container Service Developer Guide.

You can attach Amazon EBS volumes to Amazon ECS tasks by configuring the volume when creating or updating a service. For more information, see Amazon EBS volumes in the Amazon Elastic Container Service Developer Guide.

Note:

This is an asynchronous operation using the standard naming convention for .NET 4.5 or higher. For .NET 3.5 the operation is implemented as a pair of methods using the standard naming convention of BeginStartTask and EndStartTask.

Namespace: Amazon.ECS
Assembly: AWSSDK.ECS.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public virtual Task<StartTaskResponse> StartTaskAsync(
         StartTaskRequest request,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.ECS.Model.StartTaskRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the StartTask service method.

cancellationToken
Type: System.Threading.CancellationToken

A cancellation token that can be used by other objects or threads to receive notice of cancellation.

Return Value


The response from the StartTask service method, as returned by ECS.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
ClientException These errors are usually caused by a client action. This client action might be using an action or resource on behalf of a user that doesn't have permissions to use the action or resource. Or, it might be specifying an identifier that isn't valid.
ClusterNotFoundException The specified cluster wasn't found. You can view your available clusters with ListClusters. Amazon ECS clusters are Region specific.
InvalidParameterException The specified parameter isn't valid. Review the available parameters for the API request. For more information about service event errors, see Amazon ECS service event messages.
ServerException These errors are usually caused by a server issue.
UnsupportedFeatureException The specified task isn't supported in this Region.

Version Information

.NET:
Supported in: 8.0 and newer, Core 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer

See Also